LATE-NIGHT GRASS FIRE BURNS OVER 30 ACRES NEAR GAY HILL – KWHI

Several Washington County fire departments worked late Monday night into this (Tuesday) morning to extinguish a large grass fire north of Brenham.

The Gay Hill Volunteer Fire Department was called out around 9:45 p.m. Monday to a fire along FM 390 that was burning toward Chriesman Road.

According to Gay Hill Volunteer Fire Chief Curtis Rodenbeck, approximately 32 acres of grass and brush burned.  He said the fire was headed for the Old Gay Hill Church, but did not make it that far.

Responding to the blaze were units from the Gay Hill, Prairie Hill, Rocky Creek, Meyersville, Berlin and Salem Volunteer Fire Departments.

Firefighters cleared the scene at 1:30 a.m. today.

A cause for the fire has not been determined.